is there a way to take the initiative here and try to bring people together on some of these simple issues and nominations? >> we have tried. we need to continue to try. the american people need to see our good faith efforts. are an aunt -- wall street reform is a good example. chris dodd spent two months meeting with his toboggan counterparts, richard shelby -- with his counterpart, richard shelby. it did not work. he said he would meet with bob corker. that took one month and could not reach an agreement. they said, let's take it to committee and see if we can reach an agreement by the debate and amendment process. republicans filed 400 amendment and refused to call any of them to be considered. 20 minutes after the banking committee got together, the final vote sensible -- sent the reform to the floor. now after a week of filibuster, the filibuster is broken and we're seeing some cooperation on amendments. i have just described a four- month process that should have taken just a matofeeks. they have dragged out the process. we are now seeing an element of cooperation. if we're going to do that on every important issue, we will not get much done. we have to show

i will say that fundamental to all we need to do is an educational campaign of some sort that not only allows --+ that draws the american people into the discussion. they need to be part of it. the cyberworld is part of everything they do today. we need to show them that there are reasonable steps they can take to protect themselves. they have to understand the vulnerability is. we need to grow support in the public sector to do those things. it will take money and manpower wittin the federal government to deal with these problems. >> you also serve on the judiciary committee. he spent eight years as the attorney general for the state of california. what about penalties for cyber security criminals. has that been looked at at all? >> we are beginning to see some prosecutions going on with that. i do not think one sentence has come in on the case of the person who hacked into sarah palin's cyberworld. it was an interesting prosecution. some people said he was jjst having fun. we have to get over the idea is just people having fun. they are going after vulnerabblities. in the area of organized crime, those are very difficult cas

the thing that the american people need to understand is that not one day goes by where the federal government is not constantly thinking about how we can make sure that we minimize the damage and close this thing down. we need to review this so we make sure it does not happen again. what has been happening in terms of the financial markets and some of these other areas where big crises happen, it forces us to do some soul-searching. i think that is important for all of us to do. in the meantime, my job is to get this fixed. in case anybody wonders who's responsible, i take responsibility. it is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down. that does not mean it will be easy. it does not mean it will happen right away or the way i would like to happen. it does not mean we will not make mistakes. but there should be no confusion. the government is fully engaged and i am fully engaged. thank you, everybody. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> in a few moments house debate on don't ask, don't tell pol

. >> the plan is to start with 150 homes, to build those 150 homes i need the help of the american peoplef the american people. >> there's a portion of our society that we're overlooking that we're not taking care of. it can be fixed. >> larry: i'm a great admirer of brad pitt. he's a super guy. and he does wonderful things like katrina. >> if you've seen a list of the road blocks we've encountered and yet to encounter, it would appear too daunting. but with people like charles and literally hundreds of people on the ground, this thing's working. it will get done. >> larry: he's there. he didn't have to do that. i like it when they're on the ground. brad pitt's on the ground. he had successful raising of money from that appearance. if wealthy persons would give $150,000 -- >> they are putting a family in a house. they are returning a family to their neighborhood. done. >> larry: great respect for pitt. i was enlightened. >> this is certainly -- it has to be a long haul project to work. there's no turning back. >> jeff: go to cnn.com/larry king to pick your top five moments and enter the c

the plan is to build 150 homes. i need the help of the american people. eed the help of the american people. >> i'm a great admirer of brad pitt. he is a super guy and he does wonderful things like katrina. >> if you see all the roadblocks we have encountered and have yet to encounter, but people like charles, there are literally hundreds of people involved in this. this thing is working and it will get done. >> larry: he is, there he didn't have to do that. brad pitt is on the ground. very successful raising of money from that appearance. so if some wealthy person of our viewers were to give a check for $150,000, that can build a house. >> they are putting a family in a house. they are returning a family to their neighborhood. done. >> larry: great respect for pitt. i was enlightened. >> this is certainly -- it has to be a long haul project to work. there's no turning back. >> jeff: go to cnn.com/larry king to pick your top five moments and enter the contest that could have you coming to l.a. to watch the show in person. more with ethan zohn after the bre

. >> i think what the american people need to know that it is possible we will have oil leaking from s well until august when the relief wells will be finished. >> warner: after 42 days, this is all already the worst spill in u.s. history. some estimates are that more than 40 million gallons have spewed into the gulf. estimates vary widely on how much more oil would leak over the next two-plus months. government scientists say huge amounts of the oil are spreading below the surface in giant plumes. but bp's hayward disputed that idea on sunday. >> there's no evidence of ... oil has a specific gravity that's about half that of water. >> right. >> it's very difficult for oil to stay in the column. it wants to go to the surface. >> right. >> because of the difference in specific grafity. >> warner: either way the prospect of no early end to the spill has many in louisiana and elsewhere worried for their livelihoods. >> we can't make a living. there's no money coming in right now. we can't catch fish. you can't sell shrimp. everybody's... it's the trickle-down effect. it's sad. >> warner:

the bill needs to reflect what wall street wants. that's why we're here tonight, madam speaker, talking about wall street reform, who is involved, whose interests are at stake. mostly the american peoples' interests are at stake and the american people need to get a chance to get well versed on what this bill is all about. and i'm going to be talking about that in a moment until i get to a few more fun facts that i'd like to share with people. the fact is that u.s. chamber of commerce spent about $3 million on advertising, including commercials slamming the creation of a federal consumer protection agency, that's very unfortunate. why would any good lender who's trying to offer a fair, a good product at a fair price be attacking consumer protection? i thought the customer was always right and you wanted to make sure the customer was happy so you'd get return business. why would anybody be afraid of a consumer protection agency that's going to look out for consumers? as a matter of fact, i would think industry would be happy about that. the fact is, though, a lot of mishandling of consumers happened. i'll talk about that in a moment as well. and that's why we need a consumer protection

the american people need to demand a balanced budget. republicans are going to be offering a balanced budget. we've done it over and over again in 1995. a balanced budget amendment to the constitution passed the u.s. house of representatives. it lacked one republican vote in the u.s. senate from being law today. unfortunately, we could not get one republican more. for the balanced budget amendment. we wouldn't be spending our grandchildren's future as we are doing today. the outrageous spending that congress is doing has to stop. the american people need to demand a balanced budget. but we need to demand from our elected representatives a budget. it puzzles me why almost the end of may and congress still has not enacted a budget resolution and has totally disregarded the april 15 deadline. deadline. we've missed that deadline as we miss a lot of things around here. but we have seen over and over again big bills, big spending bills, a stimulus bill that's been an abject failure. to stimulate a government. it has -- it stimulated government

the american people want. what the american people know is that we represent them. and therefore when we stand up and say that 280,000 people voted a certain way or 81,000 of them voted to cut much-needed funding from the temporary aid to needy families program, that does not represent the majority of americans. quite frankly, i think how this idea got started is they need to rebrand themselves and i don't fault them for that and they're particularly good at messaging and i don't fault them for that. the simple fact of the matter is, that somewhere along the line, somebody decided, let's use us a mechanism to gather in these emails, let's use us a mechanism to get these phone numbers and then what do we do at campaign time? we turn it back around and go at them to make them intense and enthusiastic and that's what people can or do. so i have no equals with that. i have no equals with their new program, what's it called? it's getting ready to be unfolded next tuesday on their website, it's called america speaking out. well, the last time i looked at my office, america has spoken out an awful lot. i don't know that we see -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr.

that is outrageous and i think the american people need to know the sacrifices that almost all the blackwater people are former special forces and i might add marines, who have retired and areow using their expertise to try to accompsh our goals. so i think the vilification of the contractors is misplaced and something that we should really think about. these people, most of them deserve our place-- praise. why do we use contractors? just to note, if a contractor can co food for our troops get is actually more cost-effective to have a cook who was not in uniform and is not a military person to be there cooking for our troops and providing food services to our troops because it cost us $1 million per person and per uniformed military personnel and that combat area. it is costing a million dollars a year. it shouldn't cost us a million dollars a year in order to provide a cook. but perhaps putting someone who is willing to go into harm's way and our soldiers and marines, that is the type of expenditure we have to have. general, i want to get back to my defense of the contractors. i think it is

it is the varityper protection that the american people need the most. -- it is the very type of protectionhe american people need. >> what about timing? >> both members and the president believe we can get something done by the fourth of july. >> for you suggesting to us that he solved the problem is that necessarily come with that position because of the lot? will the next dni still face the statutory limitations? >> they will deal with some of the vegas incident -- vagueness and complexities. i do not think anyone here and i do not recall the president's remarks after the attempted bombing on christmas day that we do not have improvements that we continually have to make in our intelligence system. >> does the president believe this is an unwieldy process having a cia director, a counter-terrorism director, a dni that inevitably there will be a turf models? tur -- turf battles? >> the principal intelligence director is the head of national intelligence. their departure reduces each day the president's daily briefing. he begins each day of, both within that briefing and with the director

the border. the people of cochise county and the residents of southern arizona know what they need. the time for talk is over. the people i represent, the people that are american citizens that live on the front lines, they deserve an answer. we need to stop the drug cartels and the violence they brian this will not only help my constituents but everyone across the country. in closing, mr. speaker, i want to talk about another story from another constituent, peggy davis. . she writes, my name is peggy davis, my husband and i live on a ranch. our grandchildren are the fifth generation to live on the ranch. i have lived along the border for 37 years. i moved to southern arizona when fred and i were married in 1972. up until that time i had never encountered an illegal immigrant or heard of the border patrol. on our ranch, we encountered immigrants, but they walked up to the house and asked if we had work or food. i fed them, gave them water, sometimes gave them medicine or a few dollars for a job that day. in the 1990's, something changed. i noticed more of them were traveling in large groups and had an attitude that left me feeling uneasy. she says, today i stil

happens when you have the american people across this country put the power of ideas so strong that you can trust them? that is the fundamental difference. we have been producing ideas. we need to engage the american people and that is exactly what this is. this is revolutionary and one toe. the technology that we use today has fundamentally changed every part of your life. the way i pay my bill or even buy movie tickets for my children. it has not changed the way that we converse with congress. this will not go away. this gives us greater strength to the individual in taking back their congress. yes. right in the front. >> just to be clear, you do not see this leading some sort of signing statement on the capital among other two before the capitol hill like 1994? >> this is not about candidate or an election. this is about today. what is the american people need to wait to solve that problem? einstein said that there was only one miracle in this world, compound interest. we do not have the opportunity to wait to solve america's problems. that is why we are engaging them. >> it back in just clarify that -- apart from this, will there be something from the republicans saying,

i think that the american people need to know the truth. the scientists need to know if there are other undersea plumes of will in the gulf and bp should want to know. they should want to know how fast it is leaking because that determines what they need to do it in order to stop the leak. >> this is a very important point and we have been working on a to very hard house for some time. >> we understand that bp is ready to proceed with their procedure and you need to leave so that you can monitor the situation. is that correct? >> that is correct, there are some critical decisions that want to make sure i am watching. >> i anders stand that. you will leave the deputy here to respond? >> yes. -- i understand it thathat. >> the congressman raises very important points about the need for independent scientific understanding of the flow rate. a flow rate task force was formed last week that is made up of distinguished government and independent scientists. they have been using three different types of analysis. >> thank you for your work. i thin

. >> the thing the american people need to understand is that not a day goes by where the federal governmentnot constantly thinking about how do we make sure that we minimize the damage, close this thing down, review what happened to make sure it does not happen again. in that sense, there are analogies to what happens -- to what happened in the financial markets and some of the other areas where the crises happens. it forces us to do soul- searching. i think that is important for all of us to do. in the meantime, my job is to get it fixed. in case anyone wonders, in case you're wondering who is is responsible, i take responsibility. it is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down. it's got a couple of comments from the editorial pages. -- host: it couple of comments from editorial pages. a president best suited to ceremony. in essence of what he said yesterday and some of his predecessors, including mr. nixon's assurance i am not a crook and clinton's assertion that he was still relevant during the list -- monica lewinsky scandal. from our twitter page -- caller: jim on

the american people need to know that we are over there fighting and got our boys and girls of dying and we have not suffered the consequences of waging those wars. the least we can do when we go to war is to call the nation to order and put a tax on to pay for the war. i agree with one thing. we are out spending ourselves unmercifully. one thing these candidates are talking about is balanced budgets. you could not do that overnight if you are still spending outrageously. you have to make the cuts necessary. you have to get serious. and if you cannot just give away goodies. i remember riding around in the car and i was told that the greatest fear is when people can vote of benefits for themselves. when that happens, you find yourself in the mess we are in. this country is in a mess. if we are going to straighten it out, we have to have serious people with serious ideas and serious on a stay with the public. we have to tell them the truth. we have to pay for the actions we do. if we are going to have benefits, we have to pay for them. >> what to each of the candidates think about the d

. >> the american people need to know that it is possible we will have oil leaking from this well until august when 9 relief well will be finished. it's important for the american people to know that we acquired, we directed b.p. to drill a second relief well to ensure we had redundancy in what will be the permanent coach. >> how much snoil >> when we cut the riser, our experts are telling advertise may be as much as 20% more oil. once they get -- >> than we have now. >> and that will be for a period of about four to seven days while they move the cap into place, which has been prestaged. two caps will be prestaged on the ocean floor. but we want people -- all the information we have, we want to make available to the american people. they have a right to know, and we're going to honor that. host: about 15 more minutes or so of your calls on the divide between civilian and military life talked about this morning in "the washington post." e.j. dionne writes the ice lavings our military is part of a larger vulcanization of classes that have little empathy for each other. contrast this with

well, the american people need answers to this very serious question that was asked by major garrett. who authorized former president clinton to make this offer to mr. sestak? we don't know. the white house won't tell us. who connected with the president's staff? who connected on the president's staff was involved in any of these disssions? we don't know. the white house won't tell us. what was offered to mr. sestak? we don't know. the white house won't tell us. who was present when the offer was made? we don't know, the white house won't tell us. mr. gohmert: will the gentlelady yield? mrs. bachmann: in just one moment. and what was the reply? we don't know. the white house won't tell us. did president obama discuss this job for leaving the political race when he met with president clinton this week at the white house? we don't know. the white house won't tell us. this is a very serious charge and for three months the media has failed to press the president obama for an answer, much less press him for details. now that mr. sestak has won the primary over mr. specter, this issue looms

the american people need action that will break the barriers of an unfair and complicated tax system and congress must respond because the future health of the u.s. economy demands it. i thank the speaker for the time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. ms. woolsey of california. for what purpose does gentlelady from ohio rise. ms. sutton: i ask unanimous consent to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. sutton: thank you, mr. speaker. today i rise as a proud co-sponsor in strong support of the america competes reauthorization act. as we recover from this recession, we must remain committed to ensuring that our students are properly educated in math and science to strengthen our nation's economic competitiveness. with the america competes reauthorization act, we will make targeted investments in technology, science, math education and groundbreaking research. research leads to innovation. innovation leads to manufacturing new products. and manufacturing leads to good paying jobs. according to the alliance for american manufacturing, every ma

the american people need to know that we are over there fighting and got our boys and girls over theirnd we have not suffered the consequences of waging those wars. the least we can do, whether republicans or democrats, when we go to war is called the nation to order and put a tax on to pay for the war. i do agree with one thing. we are outspending ourselves unmercifully. one thing that these candidates are talking about is balanced budgets. we cannot do it overnight if we're still spending outrageously. you have to make the cuts necessary. you have got to get serious. you cannot just give away goodies. i will never forget riding around with people and they said the greatest fear was that they could vote benefits for themselves. when that happens in life, if you find yourself in the mess that we're in. this country is in a mess. if we're going to straighten that out. we have set the have serious people with serious ideas and serious honesty with the public and tell them the truth -- we have got to pay for the actions we do. if we're going to have benefits, health care, wars, we have to

so, the thing that the american people need to understand is that for the a day goes by where the federal government is for the constantly thinking about how do we make sure that we minimize the damage on this -- we close this thing down, we review what happened to make sure that it does not happen again. in that sense, there -- there are analogies to what happened in terms of you know, in financial markets and other areas where big crises happen and it forces us to do some soul searching. i think that's important for all of us to do. in the meantime, my job is to get this fixed. in case anybody wonders in any reporting, in case you're wondering who is responsible, i take responsibility. it is my job to make sure that down. it doesn't mean it is going to be easy. it doesn't mean it is going to happen right away or the way i like it to happen it doesn't mean we're not going to make mistakes. there shouldn't be confusion, the government is fully engaged and i am fully engaged. thank you so much. fndfnd [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captions performed by the natio

sector with traditional media that we are skating close to denying the american people the depth and breadth of information that they needed to dispatch and discourage the responsibilities as citizens and final spot, i am worried that the new media is starting down the road of traditional media. too much consultation to private sector decisions, too many bad public sector decisions. >> and i think that jonathan make will have a followup on that. but first, one more follow-up with regard to broadband. do you see if i universal service fund -- how do you see it being effected with money going towards traditional telephone services and broadband and do you see the need for increasing the usf? >> we need the universal, they are critical to reach an objective spirited fight no means it is it the only tool that will get it to ubiquitous been deployed in the country and obviously private-sector investment is a locomotive in this economy and always has been and always will be. but universal service fund can play i think eight mightily important role in supporting that. it is necessary to modify that funding and make it primarily a

about traditional media art bringing us perilously close to denying the american people and the depth and breadth of information they needo do their duty and keep their responsibility as citizens. i am worried that new media is starting done the same road as traditional media, too much consolidation, too many private and public sector decisions. >> we will have a follow up on that, but first, one more follow-up on a broad ban. had you see the universal services fund being affected with money going toward other services? >> universal services is a critical tool to help us meet our objectives. it is the only way we will get broadband ubiquitous be deployed in this country. it is necessy to modify that fund and make it primarily a broadband fund. we still have some challenges, as you know, in places where you are lucky if you have the two- thirds of people even having wireless service. we need to transform it into the infrastructure of a the future, and universal service has a role to play in that. i understand that people get nervous, and i get nervous too. i am not into making promises that we can hold the universal servi

why didn't the american people get the truth before it was passed? neednother example, remember the promise of jobs and keep unemployment under 8%. and our country has lost many jobs and the unemployment is more. the one thing that the american people wanted out of the stimulus was jobs, it didn't happen. and the one thing that american people was lower costs. it didn't happen. in the bailouts it doesn't kill jobs and address the root prfbt crisis. but do you think that we can trust washington to deliver? the house passed a bill that makes the permanent, and the senate bill hurts jobs and gives too many high-risk loans to people that couldn't afford it. the government is standing with the people of michigan to end the bailout and to end wasting washington spending. we are standing for real solutions. today's graduates at the university of michigan are looking for the economic freedom and opportunity for every previous generation. let's give it to them. thanks for listening. >> c-span our public affairs content is available on television, radio and online.

the dollar and american economy. mr. speaker, we need to hold hearings on this bill. the american people want a stable economy and stable financial market so we need a stable dollar. it's time for congress to buck it up and fulfill its constitutional duty and regulate the value of the dollar. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. ms. kosmas of florida. mr. burton of indiana. mr. burton: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. burton: you know, mr. speaker -- you know, mr. speaker, one of the things that really concerns me about war is we lose so many fine young men and women in conflict in the combat area. one of the finest men in my district from marion, indiana, is captain brandon barrett, who was 27 years old, died wednesday while serving in afghanistan. he was born january of 1983 in albuquerque, new mexico, and as a child, brandon was friendly and energetic, made friends with everybody he came in contact with, played sports and dreamed of serving in the

the issue in terms of taxes. this is something the democrats need to underscore. it came out in "usa today" where it said the 2009 tax bill was the lowest the american people have had in more than 60 years. the tax cuts he promised, he has delivered on. only 95% of americans have the lowest tax bill they have had since president truman. that is something democrats need to talk about. the need to talk about the situation that the president inherited when he walked into office. 750,000 jobs were being lost per month when he came into office. we created the biggest job creation in over four years last month. while people are not feeling it yet, and we need to continue to work harder because those numbers are not good enough, we need to continue to remind the american people why we were in this situation. we were not starting from ground zero when the president walked we were trying to bring us bk from the brink of the biggest economic daster since the great depression. guest: and yet the deficit is approaching $13 trillion. i find that amazing with the american public as far as they understand it. it usually takes a long time. when you see the deficit in polling, it u

the american people are good hearted. they want to do the right thing. we can trust the decency of the american people. but the government needs. that's what's missing, a connection between the fundamental goodness of the american people and a system that is not producing the organs that save lives. we were lucky. we should not have to wait for acts of god to save lives in a country this decent, this good, and this concerned. >> 24 countries in europe do have this presumed consent. how did they get over some of the ethical, moral concerns and religious concerns that people have over the this? >> two ways. education. people better understood it. second, respecting those who don't want to donate. people should not feel compelled or coerced or pressured. it's a perfectly moral decision to say that's for somebody else to do. but if the they want to, we have to find a way. >> you're doing well. >> i am. >> freshman at nyu. >> i am. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> senator brodsky, thanks. >> thank you. >>> thunderstorms rolling across the midwest. could be travel delays if you're going through that part of the country, but on t

the world. these people need just bare essentials here in nashville. i know it's crazy to think that. they really do. you know, yeah, you can give money to the american red cross, all that kind of stuff but these people need toothbrushes and toothpaste. >> we saw pictures of the grand ole opry, landmark in nashville and a picture of water well past the doors and entrance flooded. >> the tennessee titans football stadium is flooding. i amazing at the impact this storm has had on this city. you're right. there's a lot of musical landmarks that mean a lot to a lot of people in this country. it not only touched the music industry, consortiums, toutouri the sports industry, so many places it affected. i really appreciate you talking about it and having me on. people need to know this city is hurting in a way that i don't think i've ever seen it before. >> as you said, property is one thing. that can be fixed and repaired but the lives are -- you know, the death toll, still frankly being accounted for and we don't know writ's going to go. thank you for taking the time to talk to us. >> caller: thanks, anderson. >>> we'll show you the search and rescue oper

people said we should be culting spending. they'll given an opportunity this week to express themselves again. we saw today the jobless rate is up to 471,000 people. we need to get americans back to work and we need to cut the spending. we need to listen to the american people. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? ms. kaptur: -- >> you know, when i talk to people in my community, they are losing jobs at an atrocious rates, now we're seeing months of job growth and adding jobs to our economy. that's good news. let's continue to stay on this pathway. that's why i'm supporting bills like the hire act to help employers add more people to their businesses and recently niled small business intermediary lending act so eople starting businesses and needing smaller loans in that gap between $35,000 and $200,000, that there can be a pilot program to set that in motion. because when i talk to people and business people in the community, the one thing that they tell me that they really need is access to credit and access to capital. the small business intermediate lending pilot act will help that and another b

the same -- washington needs to listen. over the last 18 months, democrats running washington have failed to listen to the american people. instead, they have pursued a partisan agenda that does not reflect the priorities of the american people, who are fed up with the spending, the taxes, the bailouts, and the debt being piled on to our kids and grandkids. it is time for the american people to once again have a role in driving america's agenda. that is why we have launched america speaking out -- a new project to engage the american people and seek out their ideas for solving our nation's challenges. we recognize that americans do not want an agenda imposed on them from washington. they want to help set the agenda. instead of debates behind closed doors, which has happened far too often in the last 18 months, we are throwing open the doors and letting a little sunshine in. america speaking out will give americans back the voice in washington -- and house republicans are ready to listen. as republicans, we know our principles -- limited, and more accountable government, economic freedom, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility

to take the initiative here and try to bring people together on at least some of these simpler issues, some of these nominations? >> we've tried. we need to continue to try so that the american people believe we're showing good faith. financial regulatory reform, wall street reform. chris dodd met with his republican counterpart, and they couldn't reach an agreement. he then said, ok, i'll meet with bob corker. he seems to be more open. they spent a month together. they couldn't reach an agreement. dodd said let's take the bill to the committee and debate these things out. let's see if we can reach an agreement by the debate and amendment process. the republicans filed 401 amendments. they refused to call any of they refused to call any of them to be considered. 20 minutes after the banking committee got together, they took a final vote, sent the financial regulatory bill to the floor. now, after a week of the republicans filibustering the bill, trying to stop i, the filibuster was broken and we're seeing some cooperation. i've just described a four -month process that should have taken a week. so now we're seeing some element of cooperation. but if we're going to do that on

people's life experience and from their needs. certainly true with russo as i tried to show in the biography of him and it was true of tocq. not only from his needs, but american people. democracy in america is written in the kind of olympian, even row mote way. it was meant to be dispassionate in the turbulent politics of europe. he himself was complicated, melancholy character than the style he developed for his political writing. above all, it was incredibly good listener. so much that informs democracy in america is not the fruit of his solitary meditation. it comes directly from the people tocqueville comes from. probably the american that impressed him the most, all the way to indian chief, pioneer farmers. he listened to anybody that seems to have something to tell him. as rachel said in the review, they were very human young men. they were interested in women. they flirted all the time with american girls. i already saw a blog online that headlined it's little mention of my book. tocqeuville was really into hot american chicks. the american girls didn't seem to act on it. there was kind of not prude re, but the moral oppression that they tried to under

the lives of americans, you have become a terrorist. being an american citizen or not does not even matter. if the bomb had gone off thousands of people would have died. this question needs to be asked of the american people. we do not deal with if every single day. this is not our job. the people that do are the ones that should make the decisions. host: bill, new york city. caller: i do not know what to call him. i think it we are the terrorist. george bush and dick cheney prove that. host: from "the pittsburgh post- gazette," "pakistani american man confesses in new york bomb suspect case." here is the front page of "the houston chronicle," during a decade in the u.s. "he lived under the radar. a quiet, average guy, now a terror suspect. " back to the front page of "the new york times," "the friends and foes of obama are treading lightly at this point. if you who have criticized the administration's handling, the ranking republican said that he did not understand why the justice department touted the failure of the attack when they arrested the suspect as a win for law enforcement. "our strategy cannot be near misses and calling them successes." montana, independent l

when speaker pelosi told the american people and we need to, and i quote, pass the bill so we can find out what's in it. the more we find out the worse it looks. the latest analysis by the nonpartisan congressional budget office reveals the health care takeover will cost at least $115 billion more than originally estimated. this follows last month's c.m.s. report that highlighted health care costs will increase by $311 billion over the next 10 years and will force millions of seniors off their current medicare coverage. washington must stop promising one thing and delivering another, particularly when it comes to price tags. if congress continues to drag its feet, runaway deficits and unsustainable debts are sure to cripple our economy and would lead us down the same path as greece. in conclusion, god bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war on terrorism. my sympathy to the family of betty jackson mack. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> to address the house for one min

. >> the american people can be assured that the fbi and partners, in this process, have all the schools experience they need to learn everything we can. and that includes what if any connection this individual has to terrorist groups. >> faisal shahzad's connecticut home was searched by fbi today. neighbors say he kept a low profile. expected to appear in court tuesday. >> it took authorities three days to track faisal shahzad down. they were tipped off to the whereabouts when he bought a last minute, one way plane ticket with cash. terror experts say investigators wanted to see if there was others involved in the plot before making the arrests. >> they have very significant strategies. so you want to make sure that you are not just getting this individual but get inanyone else that may be concerned. so you make a decision as to when you will take them. not just based on when it is easiest to take them. but when you feel pretty sure that you have seen all you need to see. >> allowing the suspect to go through security was a good idea because then they knew he was unarmed. >> well that brings us to the quest

give the american people some credit. i think we need to do that. they understand that if you buy a 24,000-dollacar it is going to run better than if you buy a 2004 car from the used car lot. they understand you get what you pay for it infrastructure is no different. what they want to see is the funding go for the right project is not based on political clout and i say that respectfully. .. entire political establishment was opposed to it. they did not think that we could pass with a 2/3 vote a half-penny sales tax in the middle of the recession. we did a lot of focus groups and figured out exactly what the governor said. they wanted to see transparency. they wanted to see oversight. they wanted local control. so it was a local component to it. they supported public/private partnership. they said they would encourage that. to the extent that we worked hard and figured out what do people want? everybody wanted infrastructure. but how do they want it delivered? at least majority of elected officials that vote temperature and republican supported this -

it's very important we have a system of finance that has the confidence of the american people and that we need in order to finance the production in this country. ultimately all of us would like the productive sector to be repaired and to grow and to hire people once again, employ people and have "made in america" signs put on products once again. all of us would like to see that happen. that won't happen unless you have a system of finance as well. we had a hearing one day here and we had three businesses come to that hearing. all three were small to medium-size businesses. all three had sailed through this deep recession with some difficulty, but were still profitable. all three were ready to expand, ready to hire more people, and none of them could find any financing to do it. none of them had been delinquent. all of them had existing banking enterprises they had a relationship with and always paid back everything they owned and never been delinquent, and yet they couldn't find the funding to be able to expand their business and hire more people. and that's what's wrong. even today, by the

the issue in terms of taxes. this is something the democrats need to underscore. it came out in "usa today" where it said the 2009 tax bill was the lowest the american people have had in more than 60 years. the tax cuts he promised, he has delivered on. only 95% of americans have the lowest tax bill they have had since president truman. that is something democrats need to talk about. the need to talk about the situation that the president inherited when he walked into office. 750,000 jobs were being lost per month when he came into office. we created the biggest job creation in over four years last month. while people are not feeling it yet, and we need to continue to work harder because those numbers are not good enough, we need to continue to remind the american people why we were in this situation. we were not starting from ground zero when the president walked we were trying to bring us back from the brink of the biggest economic disaster since the great depression. guest: and yet the deficit is approaching $13 trillion. i find that amazing with the american public as far as they understand it. it usually takes a long time. when you see the deficit in polling,

and i think that some of the agency's success stories need to be told. i think the american people want to know the agency is succeeding and i think they have a right to know and i am pleased i was able to get this cleared by the cia and the story is out there. >> host: i hope he will enjoy it. it is a terrific story, john. thanks for talking about it with me today.g me. .. >> how has the book tour been going? you have really covered quite a bit on the keys to success. give us an idea what you were thinking when you decided to spend the time putting this book together. >> it's going well. it's been a busy couple of weeks since the book was launched. i wrote the book because in 2008, when we were all watching people lose their jobs and the recession really at its peak and the financial system under severe pressure with iconic firms failing, like lehman brothers and bear stearns, and i focused on these people coming out of this high-rise buildings, and they're holding their boxes of belongings. if thought to myself, this is unbelievable. these successful people who thought they were

that is why the american people are truly outraged. that is why in my view we needstrengthen the wall street reform bill to among other things, bring transparency to the fed. it is an amendment that i expect will be up to date, we break these large financial institutions, protect consumers, and put a cap on the interest rates that people are paying for credit cards, among other reforms. but the bottom line is, these people on wall street whose only concern is enriching themselves -- frankly, i have a hard time understanding that everybody in the world wants to make a good living and take care of the kids and leave money to the grandchildren -- i do not understand what people need to make billions and billions. despite what it does to the rest of the country. host: here is a peek inside of the senate and house works. it cites the bipartisan support of people like vidder. -- vitter. it has the white house and senator dodd scrounging for ideas for a so-called side by side amendment. an alternate proposal on the fed that would give the senate something to support while

give the american people some credit. i think we need to do that.they understand that if you buy a 24,000-dollar car it is going to run better than if you buy a 2004 car from the used car lot. they understand you get what you pay for it infrastructure is no different. what they want to see is the funding go for the right project is not based on political clout and i say that respectfully. .. l. what projects, they wanted local control. they wanted a local component to it. they supported public-private partnerships. we said we would encourage that. so, to the extent that we worked hard to kind of figure out what do people want, because everybody generally wants infrastructure, but how do they want it delivered? we were able to sell it and in the end virtually, or at least the majority of elected officials, both democrat and publican can, supported the tax increases. >> thank you mr. mayor. i would like to recognize mr. blumenauer who is a longtime advocate on this issue. welcome. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for your continued effort at fo

the american people already believe and what republicans said all along, that more government isn't the solution to out-of-control health care spending any more than spending money on projects that we didn't need was the secret to robust job growth. the american people are tired of the reckless spending and the failed promises and tired of representatives who won't own up to their mistakes. mr. president, i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from illinois is recognized. mr. durbin: mr. president, america was alarmed to learn that times square was closed for business because of the potential of a bomb threat. a vehicle was discovered with smoke coming out of it, some alert people on the sidewalk, some surrenders called it to -- vendors called it to the attention of some police, and determined that the contents of the vehicle included elements that could have killed many people. all they had to go on was the vehicle itself and the fleeting glimpse of the person who might have been responsible, leaving, changing his shirt as he left that vehicle. it was a frightening situation where many innocent people who were visiting our largest city in america could have been killed just as

while people are not feeling it yet, and we need to continue to work harder because those numbers are not good enough, we need to continue to remind the american people why we were in this situation. we were not starting from ground zero when the president walked we were trying to bring us back from the brink of the biggest economic disaster since the great depression. guest: and yet the deficit is approaching $13 trillion. i find that amazing with the amican public as far as they understand it. it usually takes a long time. when you see the deficit in polling, it usually ranks pretty low. it is not something that jim and mark but in middle america are sitting around talking about. -- jhiim and martha in middle america are sitting around talking about. talking about. the democrats have proposed more spending. it has filtered back to voters that this is becoming an increasingly big problem. we may be creating some jobs, we are creating 20 many jobs in the government sector and not in the private sector -- too many jobs in the government sector and not in the private sector. washington continues to open up this ticket -- the spickot from the u.s

the american people can support it. there is currently a moratorium on earmarks and both parties. that is because it is still not a process the american people can support. we needo come up with a process that is open and transparent. i would fully support continuing to work to continue the defense industry. you have to keep in mind, neither one of us will be able to replace john murtha. we have to send somebody to congress who is not only looking to attract jobs but has a real world experience in creating them. i happen. [applause] >> you have one minute to respond. >> thank you. will i go forward with congressman murtha's legacy? absolutely. what i see as the job of a congressman is to advocate for the people of the district on every issue as much as you can. as my opponent has said, neither one of us is going to be congressman murtha. he was able to do things that many people will never be able to do. what he had was a fire to support this district. he gave his heart and soul to this district. what i can promise you is when i go to congress, i will do everything possible to create an environment that brings jobs, that creates economic development engine like

people. it is bad for the democratic process, that for good policy, and that is something that we need to take on. host: jeff on the republican line. caller: the americaneople do not trust the democrats right now because of how they did the health care bill. it was behind closed doors. c-span is our witness. sweetheart deals. this is the way the democrats did health care. now, finances. every democrat on senator mccain's bill, freddie mac, fannie mae, they are driving us into bankruptcy. every democrat, including your desk, voted not to reign them in. that man right there and voted not to reign in fannie mae and freddie mac. christopher dodd and barney frank. it is doing good, we can roll the dice. host: this was an amendment to the finance regulations build. "finance regulationswrites about it -- "politico" writes about i- guest: last week we had an amendment to create smaller groups. this is something that i supported for large banks. i was one of the democrats that voted for it, but we had very few republicans and democrats. i agree with that notion that fannie and freddie need to be dramatically reformed. the vote yesterday basically was aatmospher

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it is not the american people. of course we needertain rules and regulations to govern a global economy. but the problem that we are facing now is caused by government and the government is not the solution to our problems. host: next up, john out of arkansas on our line for republicans. caller: you have been one of my heroes forever. it's such a pleasure to talk to you. and i would like to ask you two quick questions. number one, we just heard on c-span the lady from laraza talk about illegal immigration. talk about illegal immigration. first, can you discuss that? secondly, i would like to ask you, i think, and just your opinion. i think it's time for not necessarily someone who has never been in politics because they don't know what they're doing as far as organizing, raising money which you have to have. have. i think it's time for a kind of new face like obama was. he was a new face. had been a senator. can you talk about some of the new faces who might be our leader for the 12i election to replace this horrible president. than

the american people want this leak plugged now. they are outraged. this is an all-handss-on-deck crisis. and we need to use every asset the united states has, including the defense department, and all of its most sophisticated technology. >> reporter: markey and others are taking issue with the obama administration's approach so far of leaving it up to b.p. >> they have the legal responsibility and the technical expertise to plug the hole. >> reporter: or do they? they haven't pluged it in 31 days. and today, press corps hammered away. >> they're not getting the job done. does the government just stand there as a spectator and hope for the best? >> chip, chip, there's nothing that would denote that the federal government has stood there and hoped for the best. >> reporter: gibbs says the obama administration has been aggressive, prodding b.p. and asking it for more data and information. >> you can't do that from a private company. >> you took over a.i.g.. >> well, we-- we-- the company is largely in receivership. that's -- >> reporter: today, cbs news obtained more undersea video turned over 11 days